Stationary hub for vehicles



4 1 l Oct 927 l.. KALATZKY s'TATIoNARY HUB FQ-R VEHICLES Filed Deo. 20, 192

INVNTQR' .wifz Miet/j@ Y .MY

Patented Get..l 4, 1927.

inline@y lInvvrivfri. -KALATZKY, oF NEW YORK, iv. Y.

'f STATIONARY HUB icon VEHICLES;

Applicationfiled` December 2(1), 1,926.l SeriaLNo. 155,883.

This invenion relates to a new and useful device in the nature of a stationary hub for motor vehicles to provide a means for vattaching a name plate, which will remain stationaryvwhen the motor vehicle to which same is attached is in motion, which will permit the name or other printed matter thereon to be read `when the motor is in motion. 1

The object ofthe invention is vto provide a stationary 4hub of novel construction and arrangement of parts, .hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig..1, shows affront elevational view of my improved device attached to a motor y vehicle hub.

Fig. 2 showsan enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a rear wheel hub equipped .with my improved device.

,Fig'. .3, shows averticalsectional view taken on the line3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, shows a sectional view of a front wheel hub equipped with a modification of nut 16 adapted to attach the rear wheel hub 13 to the rear aXle shaft 10, and the rear wheel hub cap 17, arethe general elements of a motor vehicle of common design and construction such as ordinarily used.

The stationary member 18, is mounted on the ball bearing 19 carried in the rear wheel hub cap 17. The stationary member 18 is provided with an enlarged portion 20, so as to provide a counter weight, which will hold the stationary member 18, stationary when the rear wheel of the motor vehicle is in motion or revolving. The name of the motor vehicle is printed, engraved, or otherwise aiiixedto the stationary member 18, as at 21. The rear wheel hub cap 17 is provided with an opening 22, so as to permit the name of the motor vehicle affixed to the stationary member 18 to be visible.

'The platemember 19gis adaptedjto engage inthe rear wheel hub cap 17fintermediate 'the` nut 16 and the stationary mem" ber 18. The plate member 19.is provided with apertures 20', positioned Aat or near the Arenr v onirica.

Vperiphery ofthe plate ymember 19, as am .Y

means ofv permitting the lubricant vplaced 'in v the hub cap 17,v adjacent tothe vnut 16, 'to pass through the aperturesV 20, lso asfto lubricate the ball bearing 19. Referring lin particular togFig. 6 git will f be seen that. the stationa'ryV member 23, is kof disc construction. The inwardly extended member 24, is provided witha circumfereiit-ial groove 24, adapted to rengage-in aA similar shapedtongue element ofthe stationp ary member 23. The inwardly extended member y24 is attached tothe .stationary .member 23, by the threaded `member 23", a

machine screw, lor the like, which is adapted V,to engage in threadedsapertures formedin theV inwardly extended member 24. `The above will permit the inwardly extended member"` 24 to be attached.y to the stationarymember 23, so as to position or hold thefname21 of the-motor vehicle,.to which same isat# tached in a horizontal or slightly.l angular position as shown in Fig. 7. The latter mentioned. angular positionis such as will permit the said name to be `'more readily visible lwhen the motor vehicle is approaching. y

Referring in particular 'toFign 6 the sta.- tionary member 23 is of disc construction,

and is provided withan inwardly eXtended portion 24, which will act 4asa `counter weight for the purpose as hereinbefore set forth.

Referringin particular to Fig. -4 it will be seen that the front axle 30, the front aXle hub 31, pivot-ally mounted on the king pin. 32, mounted inthe front axle 30, the front wheel V33 rotatively mounted on t-he bearings 34 and 35,'ca-rried on the front aXle hub 31,

described construction is suchv as andheld in position thereon bythe nut 36 threadedly attached to the front axle4 hub 31, and theV front wheel hub cap 39, attachedl to the front wheel 33, yare the general ele'- ments of a motor vehicle of common` design and construction such as ordinarily used.

The stationary member 37 is provided with a recessed-portion 38 adapted to engage' the above mentioned nut 36. The name of the motor vehicle is printed, engraved, or` otherwise affixed to the stationary member 37 Itisunderstood that the nutV 36 is sta- Having`4 thus described my invention, .vvhat Y I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States is as followszff Y l". vIrncombination with a1 device of the class described, aiplate'member adaptedto engageinthe rear Wheel hub cap ofa motor i `"vehicle, said plate member positioned intermediate a nut adapted to attach a rear Wheel hub of'a' motor vehicle to the rear aXleshaft of theE saidmotorvehiclqand a stationary Y' :2Ov cap havingV an openingin .the end thereof, a

member lmounted inthe said rear wheel hub Cap*- Sd Plate'memberprovided with apalturesV c Y e c y "-12, In ia device of'the'cla'ss described a hub flange on'Y the inner surface, of said hub cap 'having a groovel therein, a* plurality of ball bearingsidisposedin said groove, a substan- H tiallyjcylindrical member: comprising Aa n closed n end` rotatively* mounted on' said ball vbearings' Within said hub Vcap havinga peer Aripheral ,groove therein adapted to register fir with -thef groovek of said flange,` the closed end of said'cylindrical member being provided with letters visiblethrough the :opening in ,th'eY end of said hub cap, and a Weight in said cylindrical member adapted to resaid hub cap rotates.V p

3. lIn a device of the Aclass described ahub cap having an 'opening inthe end thereof, a flange on the inner surface of said hub cap tainV the same substantiallyv stationary While i havingagroove'therein, 'a plurality of ball .bearings disposed in said groove, a substantially' cylindrical member comprising vr a closed end rotativelymountedgon said vball bearings within said hubfcap having a pe-y ripheral groove therein ladapted to register Ywith the groove of said fiange, the closed end of said cylindrical member being provided with letters visible through the opening in thevendv of said hub cap, and an adjustable Aweight on said cylindrical member adapted to be suitably positioned thereon for retaining theletters on the end of the said yhub k f, i

cap at a predetermined'inclination toa hori- Yzontal position While retaining said cylindrical lmember substantially stationary during rotation of said hub cap.

4L. Ina device of the class described a hub cap having' an opening in the end thereof5v said hub cap having a groove on the inner surface thereof, a plurality of ball vbearings 'i Vdisposed in said groove, a substantially cylindrical member having a closedfend and'being rotatively mounted on said lball bearings i Within said hub capv andy havingV a peripheral groove Vtherein adapted to" regi ister With the groove of said hub cap' l the closed end'of 'said cylindrical member being provided Withletters visible through vthe opening in the end of said hub cap and a weight in said cylindrical member adapted to retain the same substantially stationary while said hub cap rotates. Y'

In a device of the class describeda hub caphaving an opening 1n the endthereof, a

vflange on the vinner surface of said hubv cap having a groove therein,y a plurality of ball bearinds disposed in said groove, ajsubstan tially cylindricall member having a closed end and being rotatively mounted on said V,ball bearings Within said hub cap vand having 'i 'a peripheral groove thereinr adaptedto 'reg'- ister With the groove of'said liange,`y the l closed end of said cylindrical member being rprovided with letters visible through the opening in the end V,fof said hub cap, and means in said cylindrical member adapted to 3 retain 'the same substantially stationary while said hub cap rotates.

In testimony whereof ,I have affixed my signature. Y

IRIVIN L.' KALATZKY. 

